A US woman who shot and killed her husband and two adult children before taking her own life is thought to have committed the shocking crime as a result of being ostracised from the religion she was raised in.

Every time I tell a mate I’m doing a story on cryptocurrency, they invariably ask me the same two questions: should they invest their own hard-earned money, and which cryptocurrency will get them a Lamborghini/yacht/island quickest?

Princess Mary to celebrate Xmas downunder

Denmark's Crown Princess Mary is coming to Australia to celebrate Christmas in her home state of Tasmania.

A statement from the Danish Royal Family says Mary, her husband Crown Prince Frederik and their four children Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine will spend Christmas downunder with members of their extended Aussie family.

Tasmanian commoner Mary Donaldson famously met Prince Frederik in a Sydney pub during the 2000 Sydney Olympics and married him in a fairytale wedding to became Mary, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.